Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]research packet 867-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (hull number, name, class, and rename date confirmed).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-kittery-pc1201-pkt-867-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol. III, pp. 661-662, 'Kittery' entry - ARCHIVED transcription (hazegray.org DANFS mirror, Wayback capture 2006-09-27; live NHHC DANFS page for this ship not located, 404 on 2026-10-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. III pp. 661-662, Kittery entry; Wayback capture 20060927075545
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 12 December 1942 by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights, N.Y.; launched 14 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. A. E. Bradbury; commissioned 11 June 1943, Lt. (j.g.) William W. Huffman in command. Shakedown and sound training off Florida, then Caribbean convoy escort: arrived Guantanamo Bay 20 August 1943, first escort cruise to Trinidad 27 August 1943, Guantanamo-Trinidad convoy runs through the remainder of WWII. Post-VE air-sea rescue out of Trinidad and Cuba; arrived Tompkinsville, Staten Island, 21 June 1946; decommissioned there 30 July 1946; Naval Reserve training ship until 1950; Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Boston. Named Kittery 15 February 1956 while berthed at Boston; sold 9 October 1959 to Hughes Brothers Inc., New York, N.Y. DANFS spec block: dp. 295; l. 174'; b. 23'; dr. 8'; s. 20 k.; cpl. 60; a. 1 3", 1 40mm., 3 20mm., 2 rkt., 2 dcp., 2 dct.; cl. PC-592.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1959
- Population
- Wartime crew (complement 60); postwar Naval Reserve trainees; reserve-fleet caretakers
- Limitations
- Archived transcription of the official DANFS entry - the live NHHC DANFS page for this hull 404s (checked 2026-10-03) and hazegray.org no longer resolves; citation is a Wayback capture, labeled archived. Vessel history only - contains no asbestos information. DANFS 'cl. PC-592' is the contract-group annotation; reference works generally group the hull under the PC-461-class program (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kittery-pc1201-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, Kittery (PC 1201) ex-PC-1201 page (verified live 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PC-1201 page, timeline + specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Timeline and specification block for this hull: 'PC-592 Class Submarine Chaser'; laid down 12 December 1942 Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Morris Heights NY; launched 14 February 1943; commissioned 11 June 1943; decommissioned 30 July 1946 at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, and placed in service as a naval reserve training vessel; placed out of service 1950; laid up Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Boston Group, Boston MA; named Kittery 15 February 1956; sold for scrap 9 October 1959 to Hughes Brothers Inc. of New York NY. Specs: 295 t.(lt), 174', beam 23', draft 8', 20 kts, complement 60; armament one 3"/50 DP, one 40mm, three 20mm, two depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks, two 'Mousetrap' rocket launchers; propulsion two 1,440 shp Hooven-Owen-Rentschler R-99DA diesel engines, no reduction gears, two shafts. Call sign November-Quebec-Golf-Quebec. Photo shows the ship at Marblehead, MA, late 1940s (reserve-training period).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1959
- Population
- Wartime crew; Naval Reserve trainees
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation site - not an official record; its dates track DANFS. Sister-hull NavSource pages under the same 'PC-592 Class' header carry fuller figures (450 t., 173'8", 10'10", complement 65, Westinghouse single reduction gear) that conflict with this hull's page (295 t., 8', 60, no reduction gears) - the hull-specific figures are carried and the conflicts are in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kittery-pc1201-02
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[4]NARA Catalog file unit 'PC-1201, 6/11/43-7/1/46', NAID 192255429, Roll 5972 - Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel); digitized, available online [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog NAID 192255429; RG 24, Muster Rolls series, Roll 5972
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds the digitized muster-roll file unit for this hull covering 11 June 1943 (commissioning) through 1 July 1946 - the personnel roster series documenting who served aboard across her entire active career.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-06-11 to 1946-07-01
- Population
- All hands who served aboard, 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Roster record only - establishes the crew population by name/date; contains no material, maintenance, or exposure information. Value is as a research lead for the exposure population, not as an asbestos record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kittery-pc1201-03
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[5]NARA Catalog, Boston Navy Yard 'Shipyard Logs' file units (RG 181, Records of Navy Installations Command; creator: First Naval District, Boston Navy Yard, Office of the Commandant): 'Volume 43: 01/01/1948-12/31/1948' (NAID 117700186), 'Volume 45: 01/01/1950-09/22/1950' (NAID 117700188), 'Volume 46: 01/01/1956-12/31/1956' (NAID 117700189) - all returned by catalog search on 'PC-1201' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAIDs 117700186 (1948), 117700188 (1950), 117700189 (1956); RG 181 Shipyard Logs series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Boston Navy Yard's own shipyard logs reference this hull across three volumes spanning her reserve-training, inactivation/reserve-fleet, and naming years (1948, 1950, 1956) - consistent with DANFS's 'Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Boston' (the Boston Group was berthed at the South Boston Naval Annex, an annex of Boston Navy Yard). The yard's logs are the likeliest surviving record of her berthing, inactivation, and any yard work performed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1948-1956
- Population
- Reserve-fleet and yard personnel, 1948-1956
- Limitations
- Catalog-indexed mentions only - the log volumes' specific entries on PC-1201 were not individually examined this session. Establishes a documented relationship between the hull and the yard across 1948-1956; does not establish what work was done aboard or what materials were present. The reserve-fleet/Annex relationship is documented in ev-12.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kittery-pc1201-04
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[6]NARA Catalog, WWII War Diaries (RG 38) file units naming PC-1201: NOB Guantanamo Bay (e.g., Sep 1943 NAID 78187977; Feb 1944 NAID 78335312; Jun 1944 NAID 78483885; Aug 1944 NAID 78601315; Oct 1945 NAID 77538075; Dec 1945 NAID 77606248; Jan 1946 NAID 77616548); Trinidad Sector Group 04.6 (e.g., Jan 1944 NAID 78325742; May 1944 NAID 78465159; Nov 1944 NAID 78711985; Mar 1945 NAID 139948820; Jul 1945 NAID 101771825); COMALLFOR Aruba-Curacao Sector Jan 1945 (NAID 139848416); COMPASEAFRON Jan 1945 (NAID 139883696) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Catalog search 'PC-1201'; representative NAID 77606248 (NOB Guantanamo Bay War Diary, 12/1-31/45)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NARA catalog's 'PC-1201' search returns ~198 file units, the large majority WWII operational war diaries of the commands covering her documented Guantanamo-Trinidad escort theater (NOB Guantanamo Bay, Trinidad Sector Group 04.6, Aruba-Curacao Sector, Panama Sea Frontier), 1943-1946 - operational records naming the hull in the escort service DANFS describes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Wartime crew; convoy-escort operational personnel
- Limitations
- Catalog-search level identification - the diaries were not individually read; 'PC-1201' indexing confirms the hull is named inside each file unit. Movement/operations records, not material or maintenance records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kittery-pc1201-05
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[7]Era inference built on: DANFS/NavSource specification block (twin Hooven-Owen-Rentschler R-99DA diesels, two shafts - no steam plant); single-design 173-ft steel-hull construction program (see ev-08); GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS/NavSource spec blocks; USNI class-program survey; GAO HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-driven 173-ft submarine chaser built 1942-43 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a small combatant of this type and period were diesel exhaust and muffler lagging, engine-room thermal insulation, gaskets and valve packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, and winch/windlass brake linings. As a diesel craft she carried no boilers or turbines - the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply, but the confined below-decks volume of a 174-ft hull concentrates whatever insulation the machinery spaces did carry.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1942-1960
- Population
- Consolidated Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); wartime crew (1943-46); Naval Reserve trainees (1946-50); reserve-fleet caretakers (1950-59); 1959-60 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or construction record located for PC-1201. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names are normalized era terms; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kittery-pc1201-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1942-43), active and reserve-training service (1943-50), and reserve-fleet lay-up (1950-59).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-03) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kittery-pc1201-07
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[9]U.S. Naval Institute, Naval History Magazine, 'Historic Fleets' (Vol. 10 No. 1, February 1996) - PC-series submarine chaser class survey (live page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; content verified via Wayback capture 2024-01-13) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Naval History, Historic Fleets, Feb 1996; Wayback capture 20240113101134
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class-program context: WWII-era PC-series submarine chasers 'all were built to one basic design' for coastal escort; of 403 total in the original PC-461-class program, 60 were canceled, 24 completed as gunboats (PGMs), 35 adapted as amphibious control vessels (PCCs), and 46 transferred to Allied navies under Lend-Lease; 15 yards participated; the first vessel was completed March 1942 and the last in 1944. Postwar many were discarded, placed in reserve, or transferred.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1941-1944 (program)
- Population
- PC program construction trades across 15 yards; crews of 341 completed hulls
- Limitations
- Class-program survey; does not name PC-1201. Live page bot-blocked (HTTP 403, 2026-10-03); text verified against Wayback capture 20240113101134. Explains the DANFS 'cl. PC-592' contract-group annotation vs the umbrella 'PC-461-class program' usage - hulls of one design carry multiple class labels across sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kittery-pc1201-08
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[10]ShipbuildingHistory.com (Tim Colton shipbuilding reference), 'Consolidated Shipbuilding, Morris Heights NY' yard record (verified live 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com, yacht/small-yard tables, Consolidated Shipbuilding Morris Heights
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder identity context: the Morris Heights yard on Matthewson Road, Bronx (site of present Roberto Clemente State Park), was the product of the Gas Engine & Power Co. / Charles L. Seabury Co. merger (1896), renamed Consolidated Shipbuilding in 1920; a wartime builder of naval small craft including PCs; bought the Robert Jacob and B. F. Wood yards on City Island after WWII, closed Morris Heights, and ceased boatbuilding in 1958.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1885-1958
- Population
- Consolidated Shipbuilding workforce (wartime ~3,000 employees per secondary sources)
- Limitations
- Secondary industry reference, not an official record; yard history only - contains no asbestos data and names no hull-specific materials. Builder is not an Atlas shipyards.json entry (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kittery-pc1201-09
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[11]NavSource Online, Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, PC-1264 page (verified live 2026-10-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource PC-1264 page, timeline + scrapyard photo series
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Type-survival context: same-builder sister hull PC-1264 (Consolidated Shipbuilding, Morris Heights, 1943) was sold for scrapping but remained substantially extant at the Whitte Bros./Donjon Marine yard, Rossville, Staten Island, at least through February 2008 - a surviving near-sister of this hull from the same yard and program. PC-1264 was also one of only two WWII U.S. Navy ships with a predominantly African-American enlisted complement.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1943-2008
- Population
- n/a (context)
- Limitations
- A different hull - establishes what survives of the type/builder, nothing about PC-1201's materials or condition. 'Extant' status as of 2008 photography; current condition unverified. No asbestos data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kittery-pc1201-10
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[12]Black, Frederick M., Charlestown Navy Yard, 1890-1973 (Boston National Historical Park, National Park Service historic resource study), pp. 710-712 - 'South Boston Annex and Boston Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet' (verified via archive.org full text 2026-10-03) [nps]
- Locator
- Charlestown Navy Yard 1890-1973, pp. 710-712 (NPS study; archive.org digitized text)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NPS historic resource study documents the berthing organization this hull joined in 1950: 'The Boston Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet, was primarily berthed at the South Boston Annex, where it occupied seven piers. In July 1950, the Boston Group consisted of thirty-seven vessels' including six submarine chasers. The Reserve Fleet was a tenant of Boston Naval Shipyard and 'a customer... it utilized services of the shipyard, including work on ships'; at times more than 1,000 enlisted men were assigned to the group performing inactivation and maintenance, with the yard occasionally involved. The study also describes the inactivation preservation process (antifouling hot plastic hull paint, removal of combustibles and ammunition, dehumidified interiors, moisture-proof 'packaging' of topside equipment).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1946-1961 (fleet operation); hull's membership 1950-1959
- Population
- Boston Group reserve-fleet personnel (>1,000 enlisted at times); BNY yard trades performing occasional reserve-ship work
- Limitations
- Documents the fleet group and its yard relationship, not this hull by name - PC-1201's presence in the Boston Group is established by DANFS ('joined the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Boston,' 1950) and the BNY shipyard logs naming her (ev-04); the six-subchaser count is consistent but she is not individually identified. Preservation-process description is generic to inactivated ships; no asbestos content stated. Does not establish materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kittery-pc1201-12
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[13]DANFS sister-hull entries (transcriptions via losthistory.net hazegray mirror, verified live 2026-10-03): Waynesburg (PC-777) 'named Waynesburg 15 February 1956' while berthed with Norfolk Group; Andrews (PC-606) 'named Andrews (PC-606) on 15 February 1956' while in reserve at Green Cove Springs; NavSource entries corroborate Patchogue (PC-586) and Asheboro (PC-822) named the same date in reserve [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entries PC-777 (losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/patrol/pc777.htm), PC-606 (pc606.htm); NavSource 010586.htm, 010822.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- 15 February 1956 was a Navy-wide naming date for mothballed patrol craft: DANFS and NavSource document sister reserve PCs Waynesburg (PC-777), Andrews (PC-606), Patchogue (PC-586), and Asheboro (PC-822) all named for small towns on that single date - the administrative naming wave in which PC-1201 became Kittery (named for Kittery, Maine, 'a coastal city in southwestern Maine' per DANFS).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1956
- Population
- n/a (context)
- Limitations
- Class/era context explaining the naming event - documents sister hulls, not additional facts about PC-1201 itself. Transcriptions are unofficial mirrors of official DANFS text. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kittery-pc1201-13
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[14]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Kittery (AK-2) page (verified live 2026-10-03); DANFS 'Kittery' header text 'A coastal city in southwestern Maine' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource AK-2 page; DANFS Kittery header
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: 'USS Kittery' names two different hulls - the WWI-era AK-2 (ex-German cargo ship Praesident, in commission 1918-1933, scrapped 1937) and this hull, PC-1201 (named Kittery only in 1956 while in reserve). At least one asbestos law-firm listicle (freeasbestostesting.com) lists 'USS Kittery (AK-2)' - any 'Kittery' hit in litigation or exposure searches must be classified to the correct hull before it counts for or against this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1918-1933 (AK-2); 1943-1959 (PC-1201)
- Population
- n/a (collision flag)
- Limitations
- Name-collision flag for search/QA classification - asserts nothing about asbestos aboard either hull. AK-2 data carried only to distinguish the namesakes (NavSource AK-2 page).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kittery-pc1201-14
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[15]Batch-7697 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live-site search; Wayback DANFS transcription; NavSource; NVR; NARA catalog (muster rolls, shipyard logs, war diaries, photo screen); NIOSH HHE index; shipyards.json cross-check; secondary-web litigation scan; CourtListener (blocked - daily quota) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-kittery-pc1201-01 through sl-uss-kittery-pc1201-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying case naming PC-1201 or Kittery was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener itself was not searchable this session - the litigation record for this hull is an open gap, not a negative result.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1942-43 steel combatant of this type sat inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Does not establish that asbestos is or was present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kittery-pc1201-11